Review: ‘Aladdin’, Will Smith Dazzles In Disney’s Surprisingly Magical Remake
Following the mediocre Dumbo and The Nutcracker, it really is a whole new world for Disney with Aladdin. Disney's riskiest live-action remake yet, the...
Review: ‘Detective Pikachu’, Pokémon Are The Real Stars Of This Enjoyably Silly Whodunit
Pokémon have existed as a multimedia phenomenon for three decades, spawning loads of video games, anime, and hit animated movies such as 1999's The...
Review: Zhang Yimou’s ‘Shadow’ Finds Balance Of Action And Political Intrigue
Sometimes even the great ones make a misstep. Zhang Yimou's misguided foray into Hollywood filmmaking wasn't as bad as some others, but it was...
Review: ‘The Wind’, Frontier Horror Howls With Unfulfilled Potential
The Western genre leans heavily to the masculine side but in recent years we've seen an increased focus on the plight of frontierswomen in...
Sundance Review: ‘Fighting With My Family’, A Crowd-Pleasing Piledriver Of A WWE Drama
When WWE superstar Paige had to announce her retirement from professional wrestling due to injury, I was heartbroken. Always one of my favorite women...
Review: ‘Alita: Battle Angel’, James Cameron’s Manga Adaptation Kicks Robo-Butt
Finally, a live-action manga adaptation we can all get excited over. Alita: Battle Angel has been in the works for a long time, once...
Sundance Review: ‘Little Monsters’, Lupita Nyong’o Shines As A Zombie-Fighting Schoolteacher
The Sundance promo image for horror-comedy Little Monsters features a blood-stained Lupita Nyong'o protecting a small group of children from what we know is...
Sundance Review: ‘The Report’, Adam Driver Investigates CIA Torture In Riveting Political Drama
There's a great scene in Scott Z. Burns' The Report when a TV news item airs proclaiming to tell the full story about the capture...
Sundance Review: ‘The Sunlit Night’, Jenny Slate Sinks At The Top Of The World
I'll say this for director David Wnendt; he knows how to make an impression. He both repulsed and charmed Sundance audiences in 2014 with...
Sundance Review: ‘I Am Mother’Hilary Swank Battles A Robot With Killer Maternal Instincts
Fear of a robot takeover has been the driving force of many dystopian sci-fi classic, so how about film where the robot actually just...